The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-08-04
EVERYWHERE.
Cholera is raging in India.

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= Lord Salisbury has warned his
party to prepare for dissolution of
Parliament,
Hon. Elihn E. Jackson is the Dem
ocratic nominee for governor in Mary
land. ~ 90
Ex-senator Spencer, of Alabama,
thinks that the Southern boom bust
ness is being overdone.
Chas. W. Reed, Guiteau's lawyer,
attempted suicide at New York, on
the Both.
al. Terry, and NJ. Boulanger are
now exciting Paris over their impend.
ing duel.
A japanese Professor OF Mathemat-
les has just entered Vanderbilt Uni
versity. He speaks English well.
Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, is said to
favor State appropriation to equip
the military organizations of the State.
Up to last Saturday there had been
173 cases and Al deaths from yellow
fever at Key West, Fla.
John Taylor, the successor of Brig
ham Young. as leader of the Nor
mons, is dead.
The trial of the Chicago "hoodlers'
waxeth warm, and it Is said that some
prominent LAWYERS will be shown up in
bad light.
A man in Indiana has just sold his
wife for $500. The man got con-
siderable profit on his investment, and
the woman got free from sorry man.
Reports say that nearly all the
land between Columbia, S. c., and
Florida are under water. from the re-
cent heavy rains.
Owing to the death of Signor De-
pritis, prime minister of Italy, the
other members Vt the cabinet have
resigned.
Cleveland put in substitute dur
ing the war. So did Blaine. Meth
er substitute was a creditable soldier
and both are drawing pensions.
At Greenwood, Ind, during a
quarrel over some trife, Ben Law,
Jr., fatally stabbed Albert Harmon,
and then fled, it is thought, to Missouri,
where he is hiding with friends.
There are 1OS cotton mills in the
South. There are tens of thousands
of farms. The latter ought to have
some favofs. Let farmers watch
their own interest. !
The Queens late frolic cost her
$240,000. That will do for her whole
life. She will go into retirement un-
til she can attend some body else's
jubilee upon an invitation.
A number of new free delivery
postoffices will soon be established.
Three are in the South -Columbia,
S. c., Shreveport, La, and Charlotte,
n. C.
Invitations to visit various towns
are pouring in on the President.
Kansas City, Lynohburg, Va, Knox
vile, Tenn, Spartanburg, S. c., Au
gusta, Ga.-they all want him..
Senator Edmunds will not speak to
William E. Chandler, but he will vote
with him. He does not consider
Chandler gentlemen, but Republi-
can.
Though Folliyer the Kentucky despera
do is dead his gang still keep trouble, and
the governor has been asked to send Il oops
to the courts where members of the band
are to be tried.
Representative Pat Collins, of Bos-
ton, is on visit to Ireland, his native
country. He was grossly insulted at
Dublin, being taken for a dynamiter
and his baggage was overhauled for
explosives.
The statement of the Postmaster
General of the United States shows
that the number employed by the de-
partment is nearly $4,000 men.
This is the largest number of en-
ployes under any one civil official in
in the world.
The receipts at the National Treas
ury still increase. The revenue this
month amounts to over $32,O0O,O0O,
an average of more than a million a
day. The expenditures during the
same time, including 81, 500, 900 paid
for pensions, amounted 10 about $685.
100000, leaving an excess of receipts
of $6,50O,OOO.
Let us have peace. Give Cleve-
land rest. Give DIR. McGlynn a
rest. Give poor old jeff Davis a
rest. Give the train robbers rest
Give the abused "rebel" flags a rest.
Give the "Grand" Army of the Re-
public rest. "Give us a rest" all
around during the hot weather.-San
Angelo, Teeas Enterprise.
There is serious trouble amoung
the iron workers of Pittsburg, Pa. The
trouble is caused by an attempt on
the part of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation to enforce an old law in their
constitution which provides that no
man shall hold two Jobs. at a mill.
Nearly 5000 men are out of employ
ment.
August 7th to 18th, 1887, inclusive,
is to be observed by the Methodist Z.
Church, South, as a week of prayer
and self-denial, throughout the con-
nection. The movement was suggest
gested by Bishop Galloway, and the
Mission Board have had a program
prepared and have printed and are
sending out a leafet, giving in cofden-
sed form, information respecting the
various mission fields as the money
raised during the week will be for
mission purposes. Topics for discus
sions are arranged for each day dur
ing the week.
Augusta, Ga, is flooded. On Aug
ust 1 at nross <Ispatch aaid tho